A study was undertaken to investigate the relations among luminance, stimulus purity, and Visual Display Terminal (VDT) display color readability, and to clarify the relation between readability and color impression. ...
The physiological and biochemical mechanisms that enable insects to feed on dry food to secure enough water for larval growth were investigated. The study was carried out with a plethora of physiological methods, rang...
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The physiological and biochemical mechanisms that enable insects to feed on dry food to secure enough water for larval growth were investigated. The study was carried out with a plethora of physiological methods, ranging from the simple volumetric determination of O2 consumption and water intake to more advanced methods such as scanning microrespirography and thermovision imaging of insect's body temperature. The experiments were done on the European firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, which feeds exclusively on dry linden seeds. In order to survive, it needs to drink water or suck a sap from plants occasionally. It was found that the young larval instars compensate the occasional water deficiency by the increased production of metabolic water. The juvenile hormone (JH)-dependent production of metabolic water, which was previously found in other species consuming dry food, was achieved in P. apterus by total metabolic combustion of the dietary lipid (neutral seed oil). The water-producing, hypermetabolic larvae were heated from inside by endothermic energy released from the uncoupling of oxidation from oxidative phosphorylation. The “warm”, hypermetabolic larvae burning the dietary oil into CO2 and water showed the increased rates of respiratory metabolism. Microrespirographic recording of these larvae revealed the ratio of the respiratory quotient (RQ, CO2/O2) of 0.7, which indicated the breakdown of a pure triglyceride. The warm hypermetabolic larvae could be easily spotted and distinguished from the “cold” larvae on the screen of a thermovision camera. The last instar larvae lacking the JH were always only cold. They metabolized a carbohydrate substrate exclusively (RQ = 1.0), while the dietary lipid was stored in the fat body. In comparison with the hypermetabolic larvae of some other species fed on dry food, which exhibited the highest rates of O2 consumption ever recorded in a living organism (10–20 mL O2/g per hour), the metabolic difference between the warm and co
To investigate the mechanisms of cell mediated immunity to malaria, we studied different systems to measure specific activation of T lymphocytes by P. chabaudi antigens. Mice were primed by subcutaneous administration...
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To investigate the mechanisms of cell mediated immunity to malaria, we studied different systems to measure specific activation of T lymphocytes by P. chabaudi antigens. Mice were primed by subcutaneous administration of parasite antigens followed by co-cultivation of lymphocytes taken from the draining lymph nodes in the presence of the priming antigen. A marked proliferative response was observed which was shown to be antigen specific, T-cell mediated and accessory cell dependent. Continuous T-cell lines were propagated in culture by repetitive restimulation in the presence of antigen and accessory cells, followed by expansion in a conditioned medium containing T-cell growth factors. These lines could be induced to proliferate to the priming antigen only in the presence of syngeneic accessory cells thus indicating that H-2 restriction operates in the recognition of plasmodium antigens by T cells. We also induced parasite specific T cells by the use of an in vitro primary 'education' system. Lymphocytes from unprimed mice were sensitized on parasite-fed macrophages and were then injected subcutaneously into each hind foot pad of syngeneic animals. This led to recruitment of antigen-reactive cells which were assayed in vitro by the ability of lymphocytes taken from the draining popliteal lymph nodes to proliferate in response to the sensitizing antigen. In vivo immunization with Plasmodium antigen fed macrophages also signalled antigen specific T cells that recruited reactive T cells in the draining lymph nodes.
An embankment was constructed over foundation soils consisting of marls overlying soft clayey silts. Analyses of the foundation conditions indicated that the embankment could not be constructed safely within the requi...
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An embankment was constructed over foundation soils consisting of marls overlying soft clayey silts. Analyses of the foundation conditions indicated that the embankment could not be constructed safely within the required time frame of 9 mo without foundation treatment. In addition, the embankment would be subjected to a large amount of settlement. It was decided to use prefabricated vertical drains spaced at 4.0, 5.5, and 7.5 ft on centers in order to accelerate consolidation of the soft foundation soils. This paper presents an evaluation of the performance and effectiveness of the prefabricated vertical drain system.
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